I’m not much interested in end-of-the-year retrospectives largely because I prefer moving forward to looking back. But a cursory jaunt through my porous memory banks
Category: Wine Culture
A Rebuke to Neo-Prohibitionists
In debates about the health effects of moderate wine drinking, the psychological and intellectual benefits of wine are seldom discussed. In an essay entitled “You’ll
Wine Marketing: Isn’t It Obvious?
It seems like every conversation in the wine industry today begins and ends with the same topic—what to do about the fact that younger people
Are Wines’ Ideological Battles Over?
At Wine Searcher, Oliver Styles is lamenting the lack of controversy in the wine world today, especially when it comes to reviewing established, highly regarded
Is White the Future of Wine?
Jason Wilson, in New Wine Review, argues that white wine is the future of wine. It is an interesting claim although his argument is thin.
Will AI Replace Wine Tasters?
Philosopher Barry Smith, director of the Centre for the Study of the Senses, says probably not, in his recent wide ranging essay in World of
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 